FORM TP 2009091): 01234010/F 2009 S-RAMLAGAN 4 APRIX SEAL HERE resrcope 01234010 MAY/JUNE 2009 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ‘ SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Paper 01-General Proficiency 90 minutes 20 MAY 2009 (p. READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. ‘This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet, Donotbeconcemed thatthe answer sheet provides spaces formore answers than there are items inthistest. Each item inthis testhas four suggested answers, lettered (A), (B),(C),(D). Read each item you are about to answer, and decide which choice is best. Onyouranswersheet, find thenumberwhichcorrespondsto youritemandshadethespacehaving the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look atthe sample item below. 5 Sample Item 5 Qa + 6a = Sample Answer é (A) fa q @ w @©00 = (© Wa @) 120 ‘The best answer to this item is “8a”, so answer space (A) has been shaded. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in yournew choice. When youare old to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and ascarefully as youcan. Ifyou ‘cannot answer an item, omitit and goontothenextone, Your score will be the total number of correct answers. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet. ‘You may do any rough work in the booklet. Calculators and mathematical tables may NOT be used for this paper. DO_NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO Copyright © 2008 Caribbean Examinations Council®. Allrights reserved. =3P+ (27 = @ 3 @) +10 QO 1B @O) 2 Written in scientificnotation, 0.045 x 10? is (A) 45x 10* B) 45*108 © 45*104 @) 45x10" ‘What percentage of 30 is 6? A) 5% ®) 18% OQ 20% ©) 150% 11.1+0.01 isequal to “@ ®) © © 110 4 1100 1110 1f$560/is shared in the ratio2: 3:9, then the DIFFERENCE between the largest and the smallest shares is (A) @B) © @) $80 $240 $280 $360 If 60% of a number is 90, what is the number? (A) 30 @ 54 © 150 @) 180 ‘What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 48.621? A oS Oto Aa ®) 10 © 2 @) ~—-200 ‘The number 301 canbe written as, @ @) © @) 3x10+1 31041 3x10?+1%10 3x10+1%10 If 3n is an odd number, which of the followingisaneven number? (A) ® © ) 3n-2 3n+2 3n-1 3n+2n GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE10. uw. 2. 13. “4. ‘Whatisthe LEAST numberof plumsthat can be shared equally among 6,9 or 12 children? @ 2 ® % Oo © 2 Item 11 referstothe Venn diagram below. Lb: Z, In the Venn diagram, the shaded area ‘Which ofthe followingsetsisequivalentto represents: @ PF ® @vQ © QuP ©) QnoP {a,b,¢,d}? “A (4) ®) {a,b,c} © {pans} @) — 01,2,3,4,5} Item 13 referstothe Venn diagram below. ul Q In the Venn diagram, n(P)=5,m(Q)=9 and n(P UQ)=10. Whats n(P 90)? (A) 4 ®) 6 © @) 4 Item 14 referstothe Venn diagram below. uU P Q 44. Inthe Venn diagram, ifP= (Factorsof6} and Q= {Factors of 4}, then the shaded regionrepresents “A (9 B®) {1,2} © — {4,6.8,.-} ©) — {12,24,36,..} 15, The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum for? yearsis 400 x 5x2 ws 100 400 x5 ® 2x 100 4002 © 5x 100 400 x 100 ©) 2x5 16. If psweets cost g cents, then the cost of onesweetis (A) pgcents ®) — @-p) cents © z cents q (D) a cents ~ P17. 18. 19. 20. Duringasale,ashopallows20% discount off the marked price of clothing. What will a customer pay for a dress with a marked price of$30? (A) s10 e OQ @) 0 ‘Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold itto gain 20% on his cost price. How much money didhe gain? @ s2 @) 0 © sm ©) #0 ‘Susan bought a calculator for $120. She hhad to pay a sales tax of 10% on the price. ‘How much change would she receive from$140? $8.00 ®) 312.00 © 280 @) $32.00 “Mary invested $200 for3 yearsat 5% per annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If they both received the same amountofmoney ininterest, forhowmany years did John investhismoney? @ y ® 2 © 3 @) 21. 22. 23. 25. ‘A company employs 12 gardeners at ‘$26 perday, and 8 clerks at $17 perday. ‘Whatis the mean daily wage, indollars,of the20employees? (A) $20.00 B) $2150 © $2.40 ©) 31.50 ‘If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is $54, what is the rate of interest per annum? 4 wo 5% ade ® 2% Oo ”% o 4% 200-4) = (A) -2x+8 @) 244 © 2-4 ©) 2-8 (bay = (A) 16a (@) 64a (c) 16a? (@) 64a Given thataA b=2a—3bthen2.A(-3)= A 7 ® 4 © 3 ® 6 ANON TATHE NEYTD AGE26. 2. 29. 30. 124 “a 8) 0a 16= 12 (3-4), then a= s 8 a 16 o °° 20@by = A 20 @) 2h © Garb ©) 8a Forall ofaand b, 3a(a+2b)-b Q2a-38) = @ 8) © ©) 3e- ab +30" 3a? + dab +30? 3a? + dab - 3b* 3a? + Bab - 35* Which of the following represents the statement “The difference oftwo square ‘numbersispositive"? @ #-¥20 @) 2-2y>0 © o-xP70 ©) 20-370 31. 32. 33. 34, 35. JohnhasxmarblesandMaxhastwiceas many. Max gives John 5 ofhismarbles. Howmany marblesdoesMaxnowhave? @ x5 ®) x5 © 2S @O 2-5 ‘Thevolumeofacube withedges 10cmis (A) 30cm? (B) 100m" (© 300m? (D) 1000cm* ‘How many kilograms are there in one tonne? “ 10 ® 100 © 1000 oO) 10000, COnteaving Trinidad, thetimeon apilot's ‘watch was23:00hrs. Whenhearrived at his destination, in thesametimezone,on the following day his watch showed 03:00 firs. How many hours didthe fighttake? a 4 B® » © % oO 2 ‘Thecireumference of acirele is 132¢m. 2 Giventhatn=,theradiusofthecircle, incentimettes, is aw ® 7 © ia .®) Wa36. 37. Item 36 refers to the diagram below. 38. al B AOB is a sector of a circle such that ‘angle AOB = 60° and OB sr units long. ‘The area of AOBis 1 we @ ln 6 dap 39, © 3" dar © 3 Item 37 refers to the diagrams below. 40. rm) Square | 9 | Rectangle a B ar om Which ofthe following statementsistrue aboutthe perimeters of the figures Aand B? (A) Perimeter of A= PerimeterofB (B) Perimeter of A> PerimeterofB (© Perimeter of 4> Perimeter ofB @) Perimeter of 4 ‘Theareaofthe trapezium aboveis (A) 45cm? @) 65cm? © —_9em* ©) 130em* ‘The marks obtained by ten students in a testmarked out of25 were: 14,22, 15,19, 19, 16,24,13,20,19 ‘The range of marks was a u 6 Bb ©Q 8B Oo 9 anoratueweyreses 99°FItem4l refersto the followingtable. Item 44referstothe following pie-chart. ~*~. Oisthe centre ofthe circleand AOCis the diameter. D 41. Themedian oftheeightscoresinthetable is a 4 ®) 725 © 750 ©) 8 B 42. Abageontains2red,4 yellowand6blue balls. The probability of drawinga blue ball from the bagatrandom is 44, Thepie-chartshowsthepreference indrinks ‘i ofagroupofstudents.If12students prefer ws chocolate, thenthetotalnumberofstudents s 1 ® 3 Cm ®) 2 ay OQ Ww a2 © % 6 oO FT 45. Ifthemean ofthe fournumbers4,8,xand 12is 10,thenxis, Item 43 referstothe following table. w 4 ® 0 Length of Qo RB Leaf (em) _| 10-14 | 15~19 | 20-24 | 25-29 » Frequency |_3 . ms a 46. Which of the following represents the equation ofastraightline? 43. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were ‘measured, to the nearest cm, and the information groupedas showninthetable a4 “a » above. x ‘Theclassboundariesare B) ya2x+3 (A) 3,812.7 © yard B) — 5,5,5,5 (© 10,14,15,19,20,24,25,29 D) yar t2x-5 D) —9.5,14.5,19.5,24.5,29.541. -9- ffs) =32-x— 1, then f-5) = 49. (A) 31 ® 2% © » ©) 31 ‘Item 48referstothe diagram below. ‘Therelationship that BEST describesthe mappingintheabovediagramis (A), oneto-one (8) oneto-many (©) many-to-one @) many-to-many ‘Which ofthe followingrepresentsthegraph ofafunction? @) 8) © Cy)50. 51. 52. 53. -10- Which ofthe followingsetsisrepresented by the relation fix 27+ 3? (A) {(,3).(1,4).2,7G, 12} B®) {0,3).1,5)G9} O — {,3)(1,4}.2,5.,9} ©) {(0,3).(1, 1,249} ‘The range of f: x —> X for the domain {-2,-1,0,1,2}i A) (01,8) (B) — (-2,-1,0,1,2} © — (-6-3,0,3,6} 34. @) — {-8,-1,0,1,8} ‘Aboatwastravellingonabearingof270°. Jnwhat direction wasittravelling? (A) West @) East © North @) South Item $3 referstothe following diagram. In the diagram.4B and CD are parallel. Which ofthe following BEST describes the relation betweenxandy? (A) xty<2e @) x= © xty>2e @) xy Item4referstothe following diagram. Intheright-angled triangle, tan is 5 a B 5 ® 7 2 Oo F B oO F ‘The image of a point P(-2, 3) under @ translation. () is w 612 ® 6-1) © 6D oO 7“ue Item 56 referstothe following diagram. ‘The point A is shown on the diagram above. What are the coordinates oftheimage of A underreflection inthe y-axis? A (43) ®) @,-3) © G4) ©) 63.4) GOON TO THR NEYT PACE87, Ashipsailed 8kmdueeastfrom AtoB. It then sailed 6 km due north toC. Which -12- Item 58 refersto the triangle below. diagram below BEST representsthepath oftheship? i) @) M c o ZN fn ‘Thetriangle LMNisrotated jinaclockwise direction about throughan angle of90°. be ‘Whatisitsimage? 8 ® Ly se | Cc 7 | ARONA THE NEYT PAGE-13- Item 59 refers othe following diagram. Item 60 referstothe diagram ofabuilding below. Aboystands 12metres fromthe footofthe buildingandobservestheangleofelevation ofthetop ofthebuilding. f 6m \ <——_lm—> 60. Theheightofthebuildingisapproximately 59. Howmanytrianglescongruentto AADE ‘would be needed to cover the rectangle a) 12tan4 acne (B) 1.6+12sin4o" © 1.6+12.cos 40° @ 2 @) 1.6+ 12tan 40° @ 4 © 6 © 8 IF YOUFINISHBEFORE TIMEIS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.